The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-21

his nation.
The class l pity most are the
CANADIAN HORSE JOCKEYS.
These poor wretches are all blind
There isn't one OF them that can see
q SPAWN on Q horse as big as q
saucer. made q poor devil put bis
head down till his ewes we're within
six inches of q rinRboDe as big as q
cart rope, aud he swore the leg was
perfectly smooth. l asked him il he
was born so. They are 70 very stupid
in mathematics. l have not seen
one who could compute his horses
age beyond the figure six. There
ism t an animal in Quebec Province
for sale that is over six years old,
unless he is owned by an English
man or Scotchman. Their horses
are aged; some Of them are even ni 20
years OF age, aud one was Tor sale,
too. Heavensl said | 10 myself, |
wonder bow old that equine taber-
nacle really is. =.
These Canadian jockeys are all
tender hearted fellows. They love
their horses more than we Ameri-
cans do. They are very quick in
their affections, too. A Canadian
jockey will dodge around a corner.
buy horse for $50. and ten minutes
later he will have the old quadruped
mn in front of you, and, with tears in
his eyes, swear that it breaks his
heart 10 part with the colt that has
been one Of his family for all the five
years OF his lii =, but that the mort
gage on his little farm must be paid,
and that he must let him 60 tor S75.
My dear fellow" l cried to one OF
the tribe with whom | had been
bargaining, MY dear fellow, Twill
not do it. l will not break your
heart. The sight CT your tears at
parting with this venerable relic Of
antiquity melts my soul. Take this
Homeric steed back to your old
mother, whose father might have
told her, perhaps, when he was
ioaled, and feed him teDderly on
milk till he gets the first he has had
for a hundred years aud has cork
screwed his antique ,egs with q full
set Of ring bones, then bring him IN
aud put price GU him, one that his
age will warrant, aud sell him as a
prehistoric equine mummy"
Tue fellow eyed me moment;
then he began to grin and said
Monsieur Mark Twain
| groaned aloud and, assisted by my
friend, l managed to crawl ieebly
into
cALECHB.
| intend to devote one whole letter
Of this series to the description 81 a
caleche. There are several hundred
things which you can compare them
to, and all the comparisons will be
exact. IL will be very easy to write
such a letter. There will be no facts
in il; aud this, 10 q journalist, is one
Of those rare aud delightful condi.
tions that hal pen only once or twice
10 a long aud brilliant career. | am
not going 10 describe q caleche. !
have not room. nor do l feel physic-
ally able. | rode in one two days
ago, aud am not quite myself yet.
Don't be alarmed. dear friends: I
am getting myself together slowly. |
am not distributed near so much as |
was. 1 can feel my self collecting Bit
by bit, but IL was q singular eIpe-
rienoe,-I th-think / might say
start ling. l don't want to use
any exaggeration, and knowing that
these letters will be studied as stand.
ard for style in the schools aud col.
legcs OF the country, l am deter.
mined TO be spariDg OF my sdjectives.
Still, | sh uld think Startling" was
not too strong in describing the ex-
porienoe. Paul felt the same way
once, when be was a little confused
as TO whether he was Ia or ou' Of the
body. | wocder If they have caleches
in Asia Minor. II they did aud
Paul got on 10 one, with a French
Canadian for a driver, we'll, he must
have ielt just as | did. A calecne
looks like an ark. IL looks like a
hen coop. IL looks like a fauuel
mill. Like a jews harp with two
tongues. IL looks-but, a. | was
sayiog. | won't describe IL; that is !
will wait until | feel better. | want
to feel strong. | want 20 feel i'm.
meuse when | 20 at describing n
csleche. can describe u, | know
| eau, bu, | must get we'll first; per-
fectly we'll.
| have been telling you about tho
suburbs Of Qacbcc. Incidentally |
mentioned a clloche. did u fir
your good. When you 81 ~ Quebec
hire Que. They don { cost anything.
that is, you do not think OF tho price
when you get oui; your mind is buoy
on other things. You have seen 20
much that you do not think OF money
matters at all. You would have paid
81 more n have got out ten miDutes
sooner. Yes. hire n calechc. You
can get over more giound in one than
any other vehicle 10 the world. They
charge by the mile, and my driver
covered twenty.six miles in forty.
iye minutes. IL took my breaih
away-tbe drivers mathematics. |
mean. Still, IL was better than walk
ipg.
The natural object that commands
the greatest attention, and justly -,
is Montmorenci Falls. You reach il
through the village OF Beauport.
This is a village Of one Rad, on
either side oil which the houses ar, !;
these are Of one story 10 hight, vf
stone, wbitewashed; quaint, cay,
sweet 10 king houses for homely,
happy ioks. Same Of them have
stood for over 2O years. held by the
same family name. IL makes one sick
Of our cheap, wooden tenemcots, TO
ride past these ancestral cottages.
The population is some 1900. Tho
farms front on the stree, running
down on the one side 10 the
river, a mile away, aud running
back on the other side indefinitely.
Some OF them are but lew yards
wide. The soil Is very productive
and higbly cultivated Tho vtllage